[WestNileNet] GHADAFFI'S LAST SPEECH
A man who did everything he could for Africans, but still the African Union stood by and watched him die from the comfort of their offices. (Translated by Pearl FM) For 40 years, or was it longer, I can’t remember, I did all I could to give people houses, hospitals, schools, and when they were hungry, I gave them food, I even made Benghazi into farmland from the desert, I stood up to attacks from that cowboy Reagan, when he killed my adopted orphaned daughter, he was trying to kill me, instead he killed that poor innocent child, then I helped my brothers and sisters from Africa with money for the African Union, did all I could to help people understand the concept of real democracy, where people’s committees ran our country, but that was never enough, as some told me, even people who had 10 room homes, new suits and furniture, were never satisfied, as selfish as they were they wanted more, and they told Americans and other visitors, they needed “democracy” and freedom”, never realizing it was a cut throat system, where the biggest dog eats the rest, [b]but they were enchanted with those words, never realizing that in America, there was no free medicine, no free hospitals, no free housing, no free education and no free food, except when people had to beg or go to long lines to get soup, no, no matter what I did, it was never enough for some, but for others, they knew I was the son of Gamal Abdel Nasser, the only true Arab and Muslim leader we’ve had since Salah’ a’ Deen, when he claimed the Suez Canal for his people, as I claimed Libya, for my people, it was his footsteps I tried to follow, to keep my people free from colonial domination—from thieves who would steal from us— now, I am under attack by the biggest force in military history, my little African son, Obama wants to kill me, to take away the freedom of our country, to take away our free housing, our free medicine, our free education, our free food, and replace it with American style thievery, called “capitalism,” but all of us in the Third World know what that means, it means corporations run the countries, run the world, and the people suffer, so, there is no alternative for me, I must make my stand, and if Allah wishes, I shall die by following his path, the path that has made our country rich with farmland, with food and health, and even allowed us to help our African and Arab brothers and sisters to work here with us, in the Libyan Jammohouriyah, I do not wish to die, but if it comes to that, to save this land, my people, all the thousands who are all my children, then so be it. let this testament be my voice to the world, that I stood up to crusader attacks of NATO, stood up to cruelty, stood up to betrayal, stood up to the West and its colonialist ambitions, and that I stood with my African brothers, my true Arab and Muslim brothers, as a beacon of light, when others were building castles, I lived in a modest house, and in a tent, I never forgot my youth in Sirte, I did not spend our national treasury foolishly, and like Salah’a’deen, our great Muslim leader, who rescued Jerusalem for Islam, I took little for myself… [/b]in the West, some have called me “mad,” “crazy,” but they know the truth but continue to lie, they know that our land is independent and free, not in the colonial grip, that my vision, my path, is, and has been clear and for my people and that I will fight to my last breath to keep us free, may Allah almighty help us to remain faithful and free! ___ WestNileNet mailing list WestNileNet@kym.net http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ___
[WestNileNet] Daily Monitor: Amin, More Than We'll Ever Know.
Forumists, monitor.co.ug/OpEd/Commentary/There-was--more-to-Idi-Amin-than-the-world-will-ever-know/-/689364/2420110/-/drkv0vz/-/index.html There was more to Idi Amin than the world will ever know By Hussein Amin Posted Saturday, August 16 2014 at 01:00 When Idi Amin Dada was ousted as president of Uganda in April 1979 and ended up in exile in Saudi Arabia, a veil was pulled down on one of the most photographed and talked about leader of the time, no matter that he was not always portrayed in the best light. Al Hajji Idi Amin was the most popular African in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Idi Amins retirement was about enjoying his new found freedom in Saudi Arabia, away from the official President of Uganda life with its responsibilities of running a country. He visited ancient Islamic sights in Saudi Arabia and prayed five times a day. He liked going to the open air market or walking amongst the crowd of people at popular shopping malls where he would stop at a café for his favorite turkish coffee. Swimming was his preferred exercise and he would be at the beach literally every afternoon. He was regularly invited to dinners, iftars and meetings with Arab businessmen, diplomats and politicians from all over the Middle East. He would talk to them about Uganda, it's economic potential and resources. He met alot of Africans as well; Students, pilgrims and businessmen. It was a sight of pure glee when young Africans saw him passing by. He preferred praying at the Grand Mosque of Mecca but would regularly make the 800 kilometres to the prophets Mosque in Medina. He was a regular at the neighbourhood Mosque and contributed with other faithful neighbours to it's reconstruction. He liked Ugandan food and would have it sent over. But was also a fan of fastfood from KFC, Pizza Hut, Mc Donalds as well as Kobsa, the Saudi national food with seasoned rice and camel meat. He however constantly kept himself up-to-date about Uganda and world affairs. And he did this by continuously following news and debates on radio, tv and all major economic and political international newspapers and magazines on a daily basis. Plus talking to Ugandans themselves in the country and abroad. He continued educating himself, reading and getting informed throughout his life. I remember the BBC once shocked to hear someone speaking perfect english. So stunned was the fellow that he wondered if it was truly Idi Amin on the other side of the line. To those who cared to listen, he used to say: it is better to be under-estimated in life. That's probably how he blind-sided the incredibly huge number of opponents he had for eight years (the time he ruled Uganda). Some of whom actually still think he was stupid. Sorry folks! He wasn't!?! Besides some close family members, few people know that Amin was regularly immersed in reading with his huge round reading spectacles. When he passed away on 16th August 2003, it was of course a sad day for us and many people around the African continent. Scores of people came home to pay their last respects. This included the Saudi government that was represented by the then Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz on behalf of The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz who was away at the time on official duty. Others included senior military officers, Ambassadors, his business friends and even some two Uganda embassy officials whom we welcomed. In Saudi Arabia, Idi Amin received a burial befitting his status as a former head of state. Amin managed those eight years as President of Uganda mainly because of his sharpness of mind, alertness to security issues, his ability to grasp complex concepts rapidly and his tenacity to ensure that he got things done, particularly in terms of services to Ugandans, even if it meant to move mountains. And as we all know, he did this while the Ugandan economy was being quashed by an international embargo and constant sabotage regardless of the impact on the Ugandan population. It was literally extraordinary to make any headway with that amount of opposition abroad and the limited resources at his disposal, compared to all the international aid, World bank loans and Chinese grants that are available today for Uganda. If Idi Amin had half the Western and regional goodwill that Uganda has today, this country would have been far more advanced than what we see. The current government is also further reduced in its effectiveness by the overwhelming and ubiquitous issue of corruption. Yes, Amin had crucial support from the Arab world but also immense popularity at home and with Africans all over the continent. The Tanzanian people themselves didn't have any beef with him. He met frequently with their pilgrims in Saudi. Wasn't it a road block of TPDF (Tanzanian Peoples Defence Forces) soldiers that let Amin through on the night of 12-13th April 1979 as he left Kampala after the capital city had fallen the previous day? If it wasn`t for
Re: [WestNileNet] WestNileNet Digest, Vol 72, Issue 14
Who would not like to claim association with something as good as Miss Uganda ! Politics and the military aside; seriously speaking agriculture needs to be seriously taken and promoted, the young generation need to show active involvement in agriculture, which I understand is the back bone of Uganda's economy and livelihood;it is also the largest employer in our country ! Milton Anguyo Arua,Uganda On Thursday, 21 August 2014, 11:57, westnilenet-requ...@kym.net westnilenet-requ...@kym.net wrote: Send WestNileNet mailing list submissions to westnilenet@kym.net To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to westnilenet-requ...@kym.net You can reach the person managing the list at westnilenet-ow...@kym.net When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than Re: Contents of WestNileNet digest... Today's Topics: 1. PWAHAHAHAA!! UPDF TO DO WHAT? (Hussein Amin) -- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2014 03:45:00 +0300 From: Hussein Amin husseinjur...@gmail.com To: undisclosed-recipients:; Subject: [WestNileNet] PWAHAHAHAA!! UPDF TO DO WHAT? Message-ID: CAGtzWLqPAg9m=pR=pvrzjx4-zuvq2n6ods9vdwxqn6uiuna...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 DAILY MONITOR Army to take over Miss Uganda beauty contest By Lilian Namagembe Posted Thursday, August 21 2014 at 01:00 IN SUMMARY Strategic. The move is aimed at interesting more young people into agriculture. Kampala. The army will take over the Miss Uganda beauty contests in order to attract young people into the agricultural sector so as to solve problems of hunger and poverty among the youth in the country. This was revealed by Gen Caleb Akandwanaho aka Salim Saleh, the presidential adviser on military matters. ?We are almost signing a Memorandum of Understanding with the Miss Uganda Foundation because we want to choose the next Miss Uganda basing on agriculture and this is intended to interest the young people into the sector,? Gen Saleh said. He made the statement on Tuesday while passing out 300 army officers who have completed agricultural production induction training at Makerere University as the Force prepares to takeover the Naads programme. Naads, an agricultural programme that seeks to spur the sector growth had allegedly been mismanaged by civil servants which forced President Museveni to say he was going to deploy soldiers in every constituency across the country to take agriculture to a new level. The President?s decision however, raised mixed reaction from the public with the Opposition members and opinion leaders accusing the President of politicising and militarising the agricultural sector. The State minister for Luweero Triangle, Ms Sarah Kataike, warned the officers against indulging themselves into corruption tendencies and appealed to them to remain non-partisan as they carry out their work countrywide. ?Such corruption tendencies would not only tarnish the name of the UPDF but also that of government in general,? Ms Kataike said. Mr Okasai Opolot, the Director Crop Resources in the Ministry of Agriculture, said they plan to integrate police and prisons officers in agriculture to increase food production but also boost their incomes. monitor.co.ug/News/National/Army-to-take-over-Miss-Uganda-beauty-contest/-/688334/2425722/-/jk7ktc/-/index.html -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://orion.kym.net/mailman/private/westnilenet/attachments/20140821/ea69e8f7/attachment-0001.html -- ___ WestNileNet mailing list WestNileNet@kym.net http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet End of WestNileNet Digest, Vol 72, Issue 14 ***___ WestNileNet mailing list WestNileNet@kym.net http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ___
